The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-01-14

OF an organ at on nrmed -
directly after tile III m ,ree 80
| Slon.
The strike of the New YarN coal
haiidlerS $ cails H. "u~ IL nx
ETY.. as, should u u d. >oOu ID l..
Il coal tam NJ MAY "nsua. T rrs
arr we'll org M q nj h,yt ng
i allies ~ tie Bro 20, rn"ud il ma
tiv. Engineers ana Ire I'm Ted Order
OF Brakrmen.
Ann O'Connor employed last wear
in Il ToleuO hoie. received lnlorma-
ton that vast estate u Englani mad
been left To her. Tie publ ci,,lOn OF
| the Story C. lied cat ~ ieC er from
james y Keeie. u prominent Gil zen or
PittSbirg. whom sle met and married
few days ago.
The new B 'ltish "a ,ineG comprises
Lord Salsb Try for foreign affairs w.
III. Smith for the treasury. s. j. Co.'S
cnen for chancellor o. the Xcheq uer.
r ward SLanhope Tor war, and 5 r
Henry Holland for the colonies. The
earl OF Iddesleiyh refused the offer OF
the privy seal.
George Keck. for many years assist
! ant superintendent of the iniirmary AT
Akron, o.. has been arres ed for
criminal mt macy with an insane in
mate. He intends retaliatr by a
statement that the bodies OF deceased
paupers are regularly sold to a medical
college IN Cleveland.
John G. Rogers, one of the judges of
the circuit court OF Cook county. Hi
nOis. fell dead III a dry-gOOds store OH
| State street, Chicago. Monday after
noon. UP 10 that moment he appear
ed 10 be in perfect hralth. He was
horn in Kentucky IN 1918. He leaves
a widow, two sons, and two daughters
| At San Francisco, on Wednesday
evening, dynami Q cartridge was
! placed in slot on the Su ter street
cable road. A lady saw man lift he
trap and lower q lighted package. The
explosion shattered the masonry and
broke the pulleys. The iron plates Oh
the man-holes were blown two hun
dred feet.
The bill to give Mrs. Logan pen
sion of $4,000 per annum meets Oppo-
sitiOn from General MatsOn, OF Indiana
chairman of The House comm ttee on
invalid pensions. A check Tor 81 900
| for the Logan fund was sent to Wash
ingI on Monday by John Fitzgerald,
president of the Irish National League
of America.
The Indiana House. with the assist
ance OF nineteen republican Senators,
| canvassed the vote for Lieutenant
| Governor and wit essed the swearing
III of r. s. Robertson by Judge Walker.
| The new official del vered his inaugural
| address amidst the greatest confusion,
| anu declared the JOINT convention adj
| jOurned to January -.
A state convention of persons in
| terested in forest culture has been
called by the Illinois State Board of
| Agriculture to meet at the state house
OH the 18th INST. 1t is proposed to
form permanent organization of
| everybody interested in the preserva-
| tiOn of natural forests and the cultiva-
ton of native trees.
The Republican Congressional Con-
ventlOn to nominate candidates for the
short and long terms. vacated by the
death of William Il. Price, of Wiscon-
sin, resulted in the nomination of
Hugo A. Price. son of the late Con-
gresham, to fill the unexpired term,
and N. p. Haugen, q Norwegian, was
nominated for the long term.
Mrs. Cleveland has set good ex-
ample against the big-hat nuisance at
theaters by appearing at the new Ma
tiOnal Theater at Washington without
a bonnet. The other ladies' of the
party were similarly attired. Mrs.
Cleveland began her morning recep-
tiOns in the Green Room last week,
being assisted by Mrs. Folsom, her
mother.
V. A. Witcher, of West Virginia,
began libel suit against the Chicago
Times and the Western Union Tele-
graph company on account OF the pub
licatiOn of an article i'm the Times stat
ing that he had been lynched by a mob
for numbering his fifth wife. The pro.
ceeding of making the telegraph COM
pany party to the suit is novel piece
Of litigation.
In the election contest of Page VS..
Price, a Rhode Island case, n majority
report from the Election Committee
of the House held that neither is en-
titled to seat in Congress, while the
minority recommend the seating of
Price, the Republican sitting member.
In the case Of Kidd VS.. Steele of In
diana unanimous report was made in
favor of Steele, Republican.
There is yet no sign of settlement
Of the trouble between the Jersey coal
companies and their 1900 employees.
Numbers of tram hands have been
laid off because of lack of empty cars
and the fact that the tracks at the
Jersey end Of the lines are already
crowded with loaded cars which it is
impossible to have discharged. An adj
vance of rs cents per ton has been
made since last Friday morning.
The international Union Of Masons
and Bricklayers met at Washington
Monday, with Alexander Darragh of
st. Louis presiding. One hundred
delegates from all parts of the country
were present, representing $4,000 MEM
bers. Commissioner Webb welcomed
the delegates to the city. Among the
questions which, it is said, will come
up for consideration, are the relations
of the union to the knights of Labor
and the hours of daily labor.
The troubles which have existed for
some time between the beer brewers
and the Knights of Labor, of Philadel-
phia, have been practically settled,
Local Assembly No. 7,0S6, which was
suspended some time ago by the Dis
trict Executive Board, having been re-
instated by the General Executive
Board. This brings all the striking
brewers into the order, and the Dis
trict Executive Board will take charge
Of tho etriko and op6aauor tO rorfacf n